Wicker panel



W. H. STUCKER.

WICKER PANEL. MPucnlon msu FEB. 1o. 1920.

Patented Aug. 10, 1920.

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WIGKEB PIANEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 19120.

Application led February 10, 1920. Serial No. 357,647.

To all whom t may concerne:

Be it known that I, WILLLAM HENRY 'rocnun, a citizen of the United'btates, and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Wicker Panel, of which the :follow-ing isa description.

My invention relates to panels of ratan, reed, willow, or like materials, and is adape edito be variously employed in the construction of furniture such as tables, chairs, or rock-ing chairs for example, or in building up walls or portions of walls.

lhegenenal object of the invention is to providea panel 'embodying frame elements, and woven areas so coordinated with .the frame-elements 'and with `one another that the panel willbe stron and durable and will possess-esthetic attrlbutes to a high dethe nature of the invention as well as its advantages will clearly appear from the spe ci'fic Vdescriptionhcreineter given.

lteterence -is to be had to the accompanying-Y drawings, it being-understood that the draw-ings are merely illustrative of one ex n milleV of the invention.

Figure 1 a :irbnt view of' a panel emundying my invention;

.lfig. J2 is across section on the line Qf--Q Fig. 1. f i

ror the purpose of illustration, I Vhave shown a panel formed of two sections'eaeh having its individual framework and individual Woven areas, the wovellareas of each sectionY being interwoven with one lanother and the woven areas of the one section being interwoven with those of the adjacent section. In producing a panel in accordance with my invention, a plurality oi'woven areas l() are produced made of ratan or similar material, woven on to a frame consisting oi' longitudinal bars 1l and transverse bars 11, there being in the example given Vfor illustration, two longitudinal series oi separate woven areas l0, each series being woven onto a pair of longitudinal bars l1 united by a plurality of: cross bars 11a. Connection between adjacent longitudinal bars 11 of adjacent sections is effected in any suitable manner, preferably by metallic connecting plates 14 at the back and front of the panel, there being suitable ornamental metallic elements 14* on the outer side bars 11 in the preferred form of the invention,

sind metallic elements and connecting inemoers serving to cover more or less of the l'ralme bars left exposed by the Woven materia The weven areas l0 of each panel section are Vproduced as. follows: The transverse strands at the outer sides of the panel, that is to say, at the sides where there is no adjacent panel section, are all returned about the outer longitudinal frame bars l1 as indicated at l2, and continued to the opposite side of the panel, there being a Woven area thus produced at each side. Also, at the top and bottomV of an area l() the longitudinal strands are returned about the top and bottom crossibars lla as indicated at 12a, and continued to the opposite sides of the panel. At adjacent ends of the woven areas l() of a panel section, the majority of the longitudinal strands oi' raton or other material are returned about the adjacent cross bars 11 as indicated at l2, and in order to eil icct au interweaving of adjacent areas 1() of each panel section, certain longitudinal strands of the raten or other material are carried from one woven area to the adjacent woven area as indicated at 12c and interwoven with both. Similarly, the majority of the transverse woven strands of adjacent woven areas of adjacent panel sections are returned about the adjacent longitudinal bars 11 of the respective panel sections as indicated at 12d, while the remaining transverse strands of adjacent areas of the respective sections of panel sections are earried across from one woven area to another as ,indicated at 12e and interwoven with both adiacenti areas.

By the described arrangement it will be seen that the woven material forms a tic between the woven areas of a given panel section and between adjacent woven areas of adjacent panel sections. The arrangement results in a strong construction and contributes materially to the esthetic effect of the panel. lf desired, the longitudinal and transverse connecting strands 12C and 12e may have ornamental elements such as beads or the like strung thereon as at 13. The letter A in full lines at the top of Fig. 1 and in dotted lines at the bottom of said figure represent temporary frame members in which the terminals of the longitudinal bars 1l are mortised while the weaving is donc, said strips being removed when the panel is finished.

My improved panel may be variously employed in forming built-up Wall panels or in articles of furniture as for example on the several sides of a table, beneath the top thereof, or at the sides ot' a chair or rocking chair, and Will contribute to the strength as well as to the ornamental appearance of the article to which the panels are applied.

I would state in conclusion that While 'the illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, since manifestly the same can be considerabl varied Without departure from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A panel of the class described including a plurality of sections, each presenting longitudinal frame bars and transverse frame bars, and Woven material forming separate Woven areas in each panel section, some of the strands of each section running to and being interwoven with the other areas of the section and other strands of the separate areas of the section running to and being interwoven with the areas of the other section.

2. A panel of the class described including a frame presenting adjacent parallel members and woven material thereon, presenting a plurality of separate Woven areas, the woven material being returned about the frame members and Woven at opposite sides of the panel, and certain of the strands, less than the total number of one area extending across adjacent frame members' and interwoven With the strands of an adjacent woven area.

3. A panel of the class described including a frame presenting longitudinal bars and a plurality of transverse bars together with Woven material on said frame, the Woven material presenting separate and distinct areas and certain of the strands of said material being carried across the transverse bars from one woven area to another and interwoven with both.

4. A panel of the class described comprising separate sections, each presenting longitudinal frame bars and transverse frame bars, and woven material in the form of separate areas in each section and certain strands of the Woven material being interwoven With the strands in the respective areas of each section and others interwoven in the areas of adjacent sections; together with additional rigid connecting means between the adjacent frame bars of adjacent sections.

5. A panel of the class described comprising separate sections, each presenting longitudinal frame bars and transverse frame bars, and woven material in the form of separate areas in each section and certain strands of the Woven material being interwoven in the respective areas of each section and other strands of the respective areas of the sections being interwoven in the areas of adjacent sections; and covering elements on the longitudinal bars of the frame between the Woven areas.

6. A panel of the class described including frame bars together with woven material thereon, the Woven material presenting separate areas and certain of the strands thereof less than the total number being carried across adjacent bars from one woven area to another and interwoven with both.

7. A panel of the class described including frame bars together with woven maferial thereon, the woven material presenting separate areas and certain of the strands thereof less than the total number being carried across adjacent bars from one woven area to another and interwoven with both; together With ornamental elements strung on the said strands between adjacent woven areas.

WILLIAM HENRY l; sTooKER.

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